--- description: The Secret Service and forensics experts are investigating the security threat title: P.F. Chang's China Bistro Customer Credit Card Data Compromised image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Companies](/tag/companies/) ## Companies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # P.F. Chang's Admits Credit Card Data Compromised by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2014 2:46 PM CUT by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2014 2:46 PM CUT P.F. Chang’s China Bistro has announced that credit and debit card data has been stolen from some of its restaurants. The Secret Service alerted the company on Tuesday. While the Secret Service and forensics experts investigate the security threat, P.F.Chang’s will use manual credit card imprinting system in the continental US, according to a [letter](http://www.pfchangs.com/security/ "undefined") posted by CEO Rick Federico Thursday. [KrebsOnSecurity](http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/06/banks-credit-card-breach-at-p-f-changs/ "undefined") reports that cards used at P.F. Chang’s locations between the beginning of March 2014 and May 19 could be compromised. P.F. Chang’s is the fifth major chain to have its card system recently hacked, after Target, Michaels, Neiman Marcus,and Sally’s Beauty. Data from magnetic strips of stolen cards can sell for between $18 and $140 per card, according to the [New York _Times_](http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/p-f-changs-investigating-possible-data-breach/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2870073/p-f-changs-credit-card/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2870073/p-f-changs-credit-card/"},"headline":"P.F. Chang's Admits Credit Card Data Compromised","datePublished":"2014-06-13T14:46:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:24:13.098Z","description":"The Secret Service and forensics experts are investigating the security threat","url":"https://time.com/2870073/p-f-changs-credit-card/","keywords":["Companies","Business topic","credit card"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies/","name":"Companies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2870073/p-f-changs-credit-card/","name":"P.F. Chang's Admits Credit Card Data Compromised"}}]}] ```